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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Coastal Command - January 1951
[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex
Units controlled directly by HQ Coastal Command: -
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| HM Air Force Vessel 'Adastral' |
HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Aldergrove | ||
| No 202 (Met) Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Halifax |
| No 1108 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Amble | |
| Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit | RAF Ballykelly | Lancaster GR3, Sunderland GR5, Anson C12/C19 |
| Joint Anti-Submarine School (Detachment) | RAF Ballykelly | Lancaster GR3 |
| No 1109 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Boston | |
| No 1104 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Bridlington | |
| C & M Party | RAF Castle Archdale | |
| No 1110 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Immingham | |
| No 1100 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Invergordon | |
| HMAFV 'Bridlington' | RAF Invergordon | |
| RAF Station Kinloss | ||
| No 236 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Kinloss | Lancaster GR 3, Oxford |
| No 120/220 Sqn | RAF Kinloss | Lancaster GR 3, |
| No 18 Group Communication Flt | RAF Leuchars | Station in Fighter Command |
| RAF Station Woodhaven | Satellite, Leuchars | |
| Joint Anti-Submarine School | RAF Londonderry |
HQ - RAF Mount Batten (Station in Maintenance Command)
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Calshot | Calshot Spit, Hampshire | |
| No 235 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Calshot | Sunderland |
| Marine Craft Training School | RAF Calshot | |
| No 1102 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Calshot | |
| No 1103 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Felixstowe | Station in Fighter Command |
| No 1101 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Fowey | |
| No 1111 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Lyme Regis | |
| No 1107 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Newhaven | |
| RAF Station Pembroke Dock | ||
| No 201 Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| No 230/240 Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| HMAFV 'Bridport' | Plymouth | |
| No 1105 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Porthcawl | |
| RAF Station St Eval | St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall | |
| No 203/26 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Lancaster GR 3 |
| No 210/217 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Lancaster GR 3 |
| No 19 Group Communication Flt | RAF St Eval | Anson/Sea Otter |
| No 7 GCA Unit | RAF St Eval | |
| RAF Station Valley |
HQ - Gibraltar
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station North Front | ||
| No 224/269 Sqn | RAF Gibraltar | Halifax |
| No 301 AMES | RAF Gibraltar |
Coastal Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Aberporth | Pembroke Dock | S |
| Alness | Kinloss | R |
| Angle | Pembroke Dock | S |
| Ballyhalbert | Aldergrove | S |
| Bishops Court | Aldergrove | R |
| Carew Cheriton | Pembroke Dock | S |
| Dalcross | Kinloss | R |
| Dallachy | Kinloss | R |
| Greencastle | Aldergrove | S |
| Kete (Radar) | Pembroke Dock | R |
| Kirkistown | Aldergrove | S |
| Langford Lodge | Aldergrove | NYD |
| Llanbedr | Valley | R |
| Maghaberry | Aldergrove | S |
| Marks Castle (Radar) | St Eval | R |
| Mullaghmore | Ballykelly | S |
| Mona | Valley | S |
| Newford (Radar) | St Eval | R |
| Pen Olver (Radar) | St Eval | R |
| Pembrey | Pembroke Dock | R |
| Penrhos | Valley | S |
| Perranporth | St Eval | S |
| Predannock | St Eval | R |
| St Angelo | Castle Archdale | S |
| St Mawgan | St Eval | R |
| Skitten | Kinloss | S |
| Tain | Kinloss | R |
| Talbenny | Pembroke Dock | S |
| Templeton | Pembroke Dock | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
NYD = Not yet decided
Source - SD161 (124th Edition) - January 1951
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Inactive Stations]
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